Credits: The Truth About Viral Content Finally Revealed
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The Truth About Viral Content Finally Revealed
What is important.Read on and discover exactly what it takes for content to go viral. Find out what BuzzSumo discovered.BuzzSumo�s Master ListKey Ingredients To Going Viral1) Long form content gets more social shares than short form content.2) Having at least one image in your post leads to more Facebook shares.3) Having at least one image in your post leads to more Twitter shares.4) Invoke awe, laughter, or amusement. Appeal to people�s narcissistic side.5) People love to share lists and infographics.6) 10 is the magic number for lists.7) People tend to share content that looks trustworthy.8) Getting one extra influencer to share your article has a multiplier effect.9) Repromote your old content on a regular basis.10) The best day overall to publish content for social shares is Tuesday.via Why Content Goes Viral: What Analyzing 100 Million Articles Taught Us. Here�s what matters�Length And Format MatterGone are the days of 300-400 word articles. These no longer rank nor do they get social shares. The emphasis is on providing value and that means writing more.It is a complete myth that shorter articles are better.Instead what matters is longer articles formatted properly. This means shorter paragraphs, lists, several sub-headings, possibly some direct quotes, images, charts, etc.The goal is to visually keep the user engaged and that means mixing it up. It is hard to stay focused on a screen with over 1000 words if it is pure text.BuzzSumo looked at the top 10% most shared articles to determine the relationship between length and social shares.They found that �the longer the content, the more shares it gets, with 3000-10000 word pieces getting the most average shares (8859 total average share)�.While writing super long content may be challenging for many people at least try to hit the ballpark somewhere in the middle between 1000-2000 words, aiming for the latter.Here are the exact results they got:via Why Content Goes Viral: What Analyzing 100 Million Articles Taught Us.Images MatterImages matter and more so with the likes of sites like Pinterest, Instagram, CraftGawker, and so many others.We all like to be visually stimulated, whether it�s a super cool car (which by the way I saw one yesterday), an outfit we want to buy, a new decorating idea and so on. While our tastes and desires may vary the trigger is the same � a stimulating image.Just think of images as food for the soul. They fire up neurons in our brain that trigger chemicals. That�s why we are so easily moved by visual elements. They have the powe Credits: The Truth About Viral Content Finally Revealed
